by FCBinNYC on Sat Nov 10, 2007 9:14 pm
Toni actually scored twice! The lineman, however, proved that he doesn't know a goal or offside from his ass! I don't understand why the Bundesliga hasn't gotten on the goal line video replay train, it seems to be working out pretty well in England. This is really frustrating, 2-1 at halftime would've made for a very different 2nd half. I couldn't even bring myself to watch the 2nd half, the game was on delay here in America so I found out the score and fortunately didn't have to continue the torture. I'm assuming the refereeing continued to be as patently horrible as it was in the 1st.
That being said, as soon as I saw the starting lineup I knew we were going to be in for a rough day. Playing defensive midfield is the reason why Altintop left Schalke in the first place, so I knew that wasn't going to work out. As for Kroos, I have to wonder why he got a start instead of Sosa. In a big game like this, I personally would've gone with the former Argentinian league champion over the teenager, based solely on experience. But what do I know?
I really hope the DFL works something out with their TV deal to give their UEFA Cup teams some time to rest. If this game were tomorrow instead of today the result wouldn't have been nearly as lopsided, simply because we wouldn't have had to send out a makeshift side. I'm thinking mostly about Van Bommel when I say that, we really could've used his positioning skills today. I'm angry and rambling so I'm going to stop, let's just hope Van Buyten doesn't suck in the next games since Lucio is out.